Apparently, 1,000 Chinese ships are frozen in on Laizhou Bay in China’s Shandong province. Apparently, it’s been cold, very cold. The coldest it’s been in 28 years with temperatures plunging to -40F. Sounds like it has the potential to be quite the maritime disaster. For more see this great post.

Many thanks to Brian for passing this along. As he emailed me: “Not exactly shipwrecks, but…”